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| The amount of force exerted per unit of area. |
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| A characteristic of almost all matter that causes it to expand when heated and contract when cooled. A soda can in a car. |
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| The gradual change of a substance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the boiling point. |
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| The change of a substance from a gas to a liquid, which usually take s place when a gas is cooled to or below its boiling point. |
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| The amount of energy needed to change a material from the solid state to the liquid state. |
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States that as the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by the fluid decreases.
Naked shower dance. |
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| The amount of energy needed to change a material from a liquid to a gas. |
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States that the volume of a gas increases when temperature increases, provided the pressure stays the same.
A Balloon in the hot sun. |
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| States that the volume of a gas decreases when the pressure increases, provided the temperature stays the same. A weather balloon. |
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| A gaslike mixture of charged particles that exists at extremely high temperatures. (Excited gas, Norther lights, fire) |
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| The idea that all matter is made up of constantly moving, tiny particles. |
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| Any of four conditions in which matter can exist: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. |
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| In most solids, the arrangements of particles in repeating geometric patterns. Crystaline solid - salt. |
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The SI unit for pressure; I pascal (Pa) of pressure = 1 newton/square meter (N/m^2)
Snow shoes vs. high heals! |
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| Reduction in pressure of a fluid resulting from the speed increase as fluids are forced to flow faster through narrow spaces. Wind between tall buildings. |
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| Endothermic Change of State |
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| A change of state when heat is absorbed. Melting, sublimation, vaporization. |
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| Ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on an object immersed in the fluid. |
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| Exothermic Change of State |
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| A change of state when heat is released. Freezing, condenstation. |
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States that pressure applied to the fluid is transmitted unchanged through the fluid.
Bug eyed toy! |
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| States that the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. Water level changes as you sit in a bath tub! |
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